Wednesday, February 18, 2009

One of your players wins the MVP, another scores the 2nd most pointsbehind Kobe, and another's wife did a good job singing the Canadiannational anthem. But what happens today, coach gets canned. These areyour suns. I honestly think a behind the scenes book covering everythingfrom 2004 until now would be a top seller. So MUCH drama behind thescenes for a team that will be remembered mostly for producing 2 MVPawards and having more disgruntled All Star players than I can recall insome time on one team (Joe Johnson, Matrix, STAT)

Funny note, I did like Kobe's line about we're not gonna go in the backand watch Steel Magnolias. And my son gave a thumbs up for Shaq dancingwith Jabbawockeez

Gangsta D:

Apparently now they're gonna go back to the old style. Well why didn'tthey hire a coach that coached that way in the first place? How didSteve Kerr earn a GM job? Being a tv analyst and being a GM are twodifferent things. Just because he hit wide open jump shots, created byJordan, doesn't mean he knows basketball.

Waldini:

this article reiterates your point, although Kerr wasn't responsible for all of this

"You might remember the 2005 All-Star Game in Denver that turned into a tribute to the fun-and-gun Suns. Amaré Stoudemire, Shawn Marion and Steve Nash made the Western Conference team. Mike D'Antoni was the coach. Quentin Richardson won the three-point contest, Nash captured the skills competition and Stoudemire shined in the dunk before bowing out. Five years later, we can imagine the 2010 game turning into a tribute to what the Suns might have been had they not written the book on how to dismantle a franchise in seven seconds or less."

Sad considering all the young players they drafted and traded away (Rudy, Andre, Nate, RONDOOOOO)